The Rolling Stones

Some Girls

1978 U.S. LP with Original (Withdrawn) Die-Cut Cover

Rolling Stones Records COC 39108 – 1978

Some Girls, from 1978, peaked at Number One on the Billboard 200, and became one of the Stones' biggest-selling albums in the U.S, having sold six million copies as of 2000. It was the Stones first album with Ronnie Wood as a full member. His guitar playing style meshed with, and was similar to, that of Keith Richards, and his slide guitar playing would become one of the band's hallmarks.

The sessions for Some Girls began in October 1977, breaking before Christmas and starting up again after New Year's, and finishing in March 1978. The Stones ended up recording about fifty new songs, several of which would turn up in altered forms on Emotional Rescue and Tattoo You.

In May 1978, the first single from the album, "Miss You" was released to very strong response, garnering the Stones their last U.S. Number One hit and reaching Number Three in the UK. Some Girls appeared in June to a very welcoming audience, reaching Number One in the U.S. and Number Two in the UK, becoming their biggest-selling studio album in the process. It was also a major critical success, with many reviewers calling it a classic return to form, and their best album since 1972's Exile on Main Street. "Beast of Burden", "Respectable" (in the UK) and "Shattered" (in the U.S.) would follow as the next singles, all becoming minor hits as well.

The album cover for Some Girls was designed by Peter Corriston, who would design the next three album covers as well, with illustrations by Hubert Kretzschmar. An elaborate die-cut design, with colours varying on different sleeves, it featured The Rolling Stones in garish drag alongside select female celebrities and lingerie ads. The cover immediately ran into trouble when Lucille Ball, Farrah Fawcett, Liza Minnelli (representing her mother Judy Garland), Raquel Welch, and the estate of Marilyn Monroe threatened legal action. The album was quickly reissued with a revised cover that removed all the celebrities whether they had complained or not, and were replaced with black and punk style garish colors with the phrase PARDON OUR APPEARANCE - COVER UNDER RE-CONSTRUCTION (found on most reissues since). Mick Jagger later apologized to Liza Minnelli when he encountered her during a party at the famous discothèque Studio 54.

In 2003 Some Girls was ranked Number 269 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.

Track Listing:

Side One:

1. "Miss You" - 4:48

2. "When the Whip Comes Down" - 4:20

3. "Imagination" - 4:38

4. "Some Girls" - 4:36

5. "Lies" - 3:11

1. "Far Away Eyes" - 4:24

2. "Respectable" - 3:06

3. "Before They Make Me Run" - 3:25

4. "Beast of Burden" - 4:25

5. "Shattered" - 3:48

This auction is for The Rolling Stones Some Girls LP. This copy has the original die-cut cover, with Raquel, Marilyn, Farrah, Lucy, and the rest. The Record, Inner Sleeve and Cover are in Near Mint condition.

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